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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

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When my brother graduated high school as the valedictorian of his class the baker misspelled his cake in the same way. When we took it back and demanded that they correct the mistake they insisted that was the correct spelling because "congradulations" was spelled like "graduate." Fortunately the bakery was at the mall. We went to the bookstore and bought a dictionary to prove them wrong!

I am guilty of actually putting a misspelling of congratulations on the marquee at the elementary school where I volunteered. Standing outside after school, the fifth grade teacher asked me, who did the marquee? I had to admit it was my doing, and it would be for the spelling bee champ.

You guys! Be nice! It's plainly clear that the cake decorator has a speech impediment and is just spelling it the way it sounds when he says it aloud... conguatulations. Like the priest who says mawwaige on the Princess Bride...

Seriously, I am going to get fired because I can't stop laughing. My laughs have become slightly hysterical and I am growing progressively weaker for the continuous effort that I am exerting with every subsequent post. Jen, you are my new hero…